Year: 2007

ASP.NET offers different APIs and ways (like Server.Transfer, Response.Redirect etc.) through which you can navigate between pages in your web applications. But before choosing any of these ways, we must have an understanding about the pattern that we want to follow. Depending on the pattern used, our choice about selecting an API changes. Broadly, there…

ADO.NET Entity Framework is Microsoft’s step towards its Data Platform Vision. In this blog, I am going to talk about the architecture of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and the way it will change application development style. Though it is in Beta Phase right now but is expected to be part of Visual Studio 2008 during…

If someone asks me Microsoft’s strategy on application development, I would simply say SOA spanning across the servers, clients and the cloud. Microsoft is hitting on its strategy of SOA by releasing new products and platforms at a rapid rate. The next big thing from Microsoft towards this goal will be "Oslo". Today in any…

Conceptual Silver Light: I am writing this entry because I feel Silver Light to be the sword of developers in Web 2.0/S+S world. I remember my first introduction to HTML programming in my school days. One of my seniors was doing all the HTML stuff in an attempt to design an attractive web page. When…

Is the Total Cost of Ownership of a SaaS application really low than a traditional application for an end user? SaaS is buzzword in today’s delivery model of software. Many ISVs are hastily looking for converting their existing traditional applications on to the SaaS strategy. Once the product finally moves onto SaaS delivery…

This is my first blog entry and I am happy to get this blog meant only for Microsoft Full Time Employees. Okay coming on to the title for this blog post. Today I am going to write down on Sofware as a Service (SaaS) architecture strategy. I will un-cover the technical aspects involved in building a…